Welcome to Halifax Friends of Palestine in Halifax!

Halifax Friends of Palestine works to raise awareness here in Calderdale in West Yorkshire about the campaign for justice and peace for all the Palestinian people. Ignored by the rest of the world
for many years, the plight of the Palestinian people, like that of the people of South Africa under apartheid, is increasingly seen as a mainstream human rights issue, with which people of good will
everywhere need to be seriously concerned.

Our organisation was launched at a public meeting held in Halifax in June 2006, addressed by the Revd. Bruce Kent, (national patron of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign) and Musheir al Farra (who
is from Khan Younis in Gaza, and is now Chair of Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign). Our movement has grown steadily since then, with several hundred local people now receiving our regular
weekly e bulletin, following us on Facebook and Twitter and supporting our various activities.

These have included:

· Regular town centre stalls in Halifax

· Programmes of discussions, talks and films

· Palestinian cultural events including concerts by the renowned Palestinian singer, Reem Kelani, the
“Discover Palestine” festival in 2010, the
Palestinian Women’s Tour of 2012 and the “Recipes of Resistance” events for
International Women’s Day in 2014

· Actions in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaign called for by Palestinian civil
society – currently focussed on the campaign to get
Sainsbury’s to stop trading with Israeli companies operating on stolen Palestinian land.

· Impromptu protests against repeated Israeli attacks on Gaza

· Lobbying of Calderdale Council and local MPs in support of Palestinian human rights.

· Fund-raising events in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians

We meet once a month at the Orange Box youth centre next to the Piece Hall in Halifax. We are affiliated to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and work closely with other support groups especially
in the North of England. Any surplus funds are donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians.

The Road to Bethlehem Movie by Writer/Director Leila Sansour

Thursday 12th February 2015, 7.45pm (90mins)

This is a remarkable documentary about Bethlehem – the world’s most famous little town which is home

to the majority of Palestine’s Christians. Filmmaker Leila Sansour returns to the

beleaguered hometown she left at 18 to document a year in the life of the city as

it is encircled by the steel separation wall built by Israelis in and around the West Bank.

The campaign to save the city sees her stay stretched from one year to seven.

A deeply courageous and profoundly moving film, documenting the suffering and survival

of a Palestinian community.

“One of the most remarkable and moving documentaries I have seen about this unreported story.

The tragedy of the Palestinians encapsulated in the life of one family and one town – Bethlehem.”

Gaza war 2014

Gaza Sea

We meet once a month at the Orange Box youth centre next to the Piece Hall in Halifax. We are affiliated to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and work closely with other support groups especially
in the North of England. Any surplus funds are donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians.